It took Microsoft a little longer to burn through its first batch of Bands than Google to sell out of Nexus 6 inventory, but we smell a similar marketing tactic employed. Both Redmond and Mountain View are quoting “overwhelming demand” as the cause for stock shortages, “neglecting” to touch on numbers of units pre-ordered.

It’s been two years since Google retired its PowerMeter energy monitoring service, but it looks like the Mountain View giant is now getting back into the energy monitoring game! On Monday the Information first reported on Google’s EnergySense smart...